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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.

Tom Peters

Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Essentials Knowing Loss
Become a “learning organization”. Shuck your arrogance – “if it isn’t our idea, it can’t be that good” – and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.
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Arrogance Ideas Organization
Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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Business Country Numbers Power Risk
Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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Business Incidentally Sorry Specialization Years
If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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Inspirational Opportunity Success
Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Accepting Change
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Prototype Reign Work
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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Change Learning Past
Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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Believe Friends Ideas
Authority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
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Individual Levels Mean Military War
David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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Copywriters Curiosity Subject Sun
Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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Deliver Formula Success
Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Learning Matter Teaching
Fact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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Caring Stars Talking
Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Entrepreneur Memories Views
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
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Congratulations Inspirational Leadership

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